67% Favor Finding Spending Cuts in All Government Programs

Tuesday, August 09, 2011
Rasmussen Reports

Defense spending, along with Social Security and Medicare, accounts for over 50% of the federal budget and is sure to come under the knife as Congress and President Obama look for ways to cut the nation’s staggering deficit. Most voters think that’s a good idea.

Sixty-seven percent (67%) of Likely U.S. Voters think that thoughtful spending cuts should be considered in every program of the federal government as the nation searches for solutions to the budget crisis. A new Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that just 22% of voters are opposed to considering cuts in every government program. Eleven percent (11%) are undecided. (To see survey question wording, click here.)

Fifty percent (50%) oppose keeping the military out of the mix of potential cuts. But 35% think thoughtful spending cuts should be considered in every program except the military. Fifteen percent (15%) are not sure which course is best.

In the national political debate, Republicans tend to be more protective of defense spending, while Democrats are more protective of the non-military side of the ledger. The new voter findings help to explain why.

Seventy-one percent (71%) of Republicans, for example, favor thoughtful cuts in every government program, but 58% think cuts should be considered in every program but the military. Seventy-three percent (73%) of Democrats, on the other hand, oppose spending cuts that don’t include the military*, but just 59% of those in the president’s party favor the consideration of cuts in every program of the government.

Among voters not affiliated with either major party, 71% favor considering every program for spending cuts, and a plurality (49%) opposes sparing the military from these prospective cuts.

http://www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/august_2011/67_favor_finding_spending_cuts_in_all_government_programs

* As the saying goes, THERE'S the PROBLEM

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